Weight | 2 oz |
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Instrument | |
Level | 3 |
Preview | https://www.despub.com/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/pdf129401.pdf |
Recording | https://www.despub.com/wp-content/uploads/music/mpt129401.mp3 |
Occasion | |
Tune Name | |
Theme | What A Friend |
Hymn First Line | What a Friend we have in Jesus All our sins and griefs to bear! |
Writer | |
Composer | |
Publisher | |
Copyright | 1997 |
Key | F, Ab |
Meter | 4-4 |
Duration | 3'15" |
Idiom | Saxophone quartet |
Form | Song (binary) |
Comments | (S/A-A-T-B) |
What A Friend
$9.00
Scored for Saxophone quartet (A-A-T-B) with opt. Soprano for first Alto. The introduction starts with the First Alto playing a melodic motif, ever rising to a climatic point and then settling down to the theme- first presented in the First and Tenor parts weaving in and out producing a flowing texture, then joined by the Second Alto and eventually the Baritone. The chorus section of the hymn is a constant weaving of the four parts both harmonically and rhythmically. The next section becomes more active rhythmically adding tension until it settles down into a sweet aura of sound with gentle nudges of harmonic alteration. The final measures give an atmosphere of rest and solace.